Monday, 7 July 2008

An amazing mini quilt and proof that I CAN make scones!!!

An absolutely gorgeous parcel arrived through my door today all the way from Jo in Tas - I had only seen a peek of the back of the quilt on her blog

but nothing prepared me for how beautiful the front would be!

It is so gorgeous and Jo has done so much work on it!

then there was this beautiful little card

And to top it all she sent me a copy of Homespun (my most favourite craft magazine - and sadly one I can't afford to buy at the moment) and it even has two of her projects in! One of which she won a prize for!Thank you so much Jo - the quilt is amazing, now I'm panicking about what to make for you!!!

Moving on to very serious business, some scorn has lately been cast upon my scone-making abilities! I'm very glad I amused you all ;) but I have felt compelled to prove that I CAN MAKE SCONES!!!!

I've even taken "during" shots so you can't accuse me of buying them in!

and a carefully angled photograph to show the height of each scone

and the children had them for pudding - Daisy decided she didn't want any of my scrummy jam this time (strange child!)

Next up are scones made from the same recipe as last time but with a little added bicarbonate of soda and baking powder (and YES, I did use Self Raising Flour -BOTH times!) and this time I made sure I didn't roll the dough out too thinly

This recipe has less sugar and sultanas and no egg - just more milk

and the jury is out over which scone "tasted" best - I think it was pretty much a 50/50 split.

So Trashy, do these look more "scone-like"?????? Or am I still at the drop scone/biscuit stage?

And it must be "get your mail" day in blogland. I think I read at least 6 of them today showing wonderful stuff. Your gifts are wonderful! I love the colors.. the sage and pink. And that embroidery work is awesome! I'm sure whatever you make will be treasured.

I love print on anything and everything, and that quilt label is just my cup of tea. We haven't seen your quilt wall in a while - you must have so many mini quilts now. I haven't forgotten that I am making one for you. I've had an idea for one which I need to draw out but I'm just proud of myself for even having an idea at long last!

Must confess before I even got to where I was named I was laughing out loud. You get a gold star for efort Locket and a rising silver for effort. (let me confess - my scone making gene is somewhat damaged, my sister got all that skill, I got beauty ;-) )

wow - your scones look mouthwateringly (if thats a word!) good - well done you!and what gifts - the work on the quilt is amazing and the other gifts are great too - i must admit homespun is a favourite of mine, such lovely projects.x